高二必修五unit3课文语法填空

M5U3.

重点短语和用法

M5 Unit 3 Science versus nature

1. on (the) one hand 一方面

2. on the other hand 另一方面

3. point out指出

4. on the way to (doing) sth在去…的路上；即将做……

5. in general 总的来说

6. concentrate on 集中注意力于……

7 with the intention of 目的是

8. be related to与…...有关9. push ahead with 推进

10. interfere with 干涉，干扰11. be similar to与……相似

12. to conclude 得出结论

13. complain about对…….抱怨14. in response to对……的回复/反应

15. comment on对……做出评价

16. consider doing 考虑做……17. adopt sb/sth 收养；接受

18. the other day前几天

19. urge sb to do sth敦促某人做……

20. focus on集中于，关注21. in favour of支持

22. meet one’s needs满足某人的需要

24. turn out结果是；生产

25. blame…for因为…….责备……

26. praise…for因为……表扬……

27. end up以…….告终28. use up 用完，用光

29. figure out计算出；弄清楚，弄明白

30. concentrate on集中注意力于……

31. succeed in doing 做成了某事

32. in reply to 对……的回复

33. on one’s part对……而言

38. with reference to 关于……

39. so far 到目前为止

40. donate…to把……捐赠给……

41. someone else’s其余的某个人的

42. be resistant to 抵制

43. follow in one’s footsteps追寻某人的足迹

44. experiment on/with用……做实验

45. in complete agreement with 完全同意

46.for sale供出售，待销售

47. next door 隔壁的，相邻的

48. go against 违反，违背49. point of view 观点

The perfect copy

Scientists have announced that they have cloned the first human embryo. This has caused much debate round the world. On the one hand, some scientists point out that if you clone an embryo, you can produce (value) human tissues—such as bone or lung tissue—that could be used to save human lives. On the other hand, many people, (include) some scientists, disagree and are afraid that, if mankind toys with nature in this way, we may be on our way to ( produce) a real-life Frankenstein’s monster.

Cloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or an animal ( use ) its cells. The first mammal to be cloned ( successful) from an adult cell was Dolly the sheep. She was born in 1996 and died in early 2003, a much younger age than normal. When she was born, many people were (worry) that cloning would lead to more (disease) in the animal world. However, in general the scientists were (praise) for their wonderful scientific advance.

Ian Wilmut, the Scottish scientist who created Dolly, is shocked that some scientists are now considering (clone) human beings. Although he researches cloning, his ( intend) has never been to create copies of human. Instead, he thinks research (effort) should concentrate creating new tissues and organs that can be used (cure) diseases like cancer. However, some people believe that cloning human embryos with the intention of destroying them shows no respect for human life.

Even though human cloning is causing a lot of (anxious), it is good news for Faye Wilson, a 41-year-old saleswoman cannot have a baby. ‘I am anxious to have a child of my own,’ she says. ‘I don’t want to adopt someone else’s child—If I had the chance, I would have a cloned baby right now.

While cloning human embryos is not legal in many countries, some scientists are already pushing ahead with research in order to produce a cloned human baby. Severino Antinori, an Italian physician, has declared that he wants to be the first to clone a human being. In China, scientists have focused their efforts on cloning animals, as well as cloned tissues to be used in medical treatment. China has